Jerry Alderete is one of them. He said a $20 bill he had just gotten at his bank was turned away at the movie theater after a teller there realized it was fake. Alderete then turned the money over to Albuquerque police.

The Secret Service said they have multiple ongoing investigations into counterfeit cash right now, although they don't believe the city seeing an increase, per se. They also see no reason to believe these cases are related.

They advise people to check each bill before leaving the bank, because once you walk out the doors, there's no way to prove where you got your money from if you'd like to get reimbursed.